Problems plague spy plane, despite Afghan successes

Wednesday, February 6, 2002

WASHINGTON -- The unmanned RQ-1 Predator spy plane became a star of the war in Afghanistan in November when one operated by the CIA fired Hellfire missiles that helped destroy an al-Qaida leadership compound near Kabul.

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